Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 411 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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